Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Opportunities Digest No.4

Welcome to our fourth Opportunity Digest. All opportunities from previous digests that are still relevant (ie. the submission date has not yet passed) are included here for your convenience. If you have an opportunity you would like to post, please get in touch so that we can include it. We will be happy to receive your submission at info [ AT ] vwrn [dot] org . Please refer to the following keyTAG KEY:untagged - repost from last digest. All reposts are still valid at time of digest release.new - added on or after the original digest releaseNotes: 1. We will continue to add new entries for the first week after the digest release, so please continue to check the digest until the 22nd of each month.2. All opportunities listed in order of submission date for each category

Special Issue on Computational Narrative and Games
Special issue editors: Ian Horswill, Nick Montfort and R. Michael YoungDeadline for submissions: September 21, 2012
Notification of Acceptance: December 21, 2012
Final copy due: April 19, 2013
Expected publication date: June or September 2013

Special Issue: The Politics of Trolling and the Negative Space of the InternetAbstract deadline: October 15, 2012Article deadline: January 15, 2012Publication aimed for: April/May, 2013Guidelines http://fibreculturejournal.
org/policy-and-style/

IJCIT welcomes applications for membership of their review board. If you are interested in becoming a peer-reviewer for the IJCIT please send your CV or a short resume (contact info on website) and a list of areas of interest.

Learning and Performance Quarterly (LPQ) is a new journal founded at the University of Texas. To apply as a reviewer, identify your reviewing interests, substantive areas of expertise, and research methods when completing the LPQ journal registration online. For any questions, contact founding editors Laura Pasquini and Dr. Jeff Allen (details on website)

Blizzard is currently hiring for a number of positions globally. Many of the positions need to be filled urgently (look for the red exclamation point). A number of these positions are technical or artistic, however there are also a variety of translation/QA/HR/Marketing positionsthat may be of interest to academics. Check it out!

The role involves: involves professional level responsibility for providing data analysis expertise to the Center for Game Science in the organization, analysis and evaluation of assessment and other student and teacher data collected through online software interaction. Submission deadline: open until filled

6-7 Oct, 2012, Wiesbaden, Germany An interactive meeting of games researchers. Food and accommodation included in theparticipation fee €20 EUR. Conducted entirely in German this year, but upon expression ofinterest to the organizing committee, an English track may be organized for future events.

18-20 Oct, 2012East Lansing MI, USAConference about theory, research, and game design innovations, principles and practices. Brings scholars and industry professionals together to understand and improve upon games to entertain, inform, educate, and persuade in meaningful ways. Special Issue: Journal of Gaming and Culture will publish top papers from the conference. Registration Fees ApplyEarly registration deadline: 14 Sept, 2012

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